Bangladesh will have 20 million climate migrants by 2050. The GCA is committed to developing climate-resilient migrant friendly towns, says GCA CEO Prof. Dr. Patrick Verkooijen, during the launch of the Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

গণভবন থেকে ভার্চুয়ালি ঢাকার ফরেন সার্ভিস একাডেমিতে যুক্ত হয়ে ‘গ্লোবাল হাব অন লোকালি লেড অ্যাডাপটেশন’খোলার ঘোষণা দিয়ে প্রধানমন্ত্রী শেখ হাসিনা বলেন - বাংলাদেশ সরকার আজ চালু হওয়া স্থানীয় নেতৃত্বাধীন অভিযোজন বিষয়ে গ্লোবাল হাবকে সম্ভাব্য সব ধরনের সহায়তা দেবে।

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina asked international partners to come forward to support Bangladesh in implementing its National Adaptation Plan during the inauguration of the GCA's Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation on 11 December 2022.

Prime Minister of Bangladesh H.E. Sheikh Hasina said that- Bangladesh looked forward to seeing the emergence of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) Regional Office in Dhaka as a centre of excellence for the region and beyond, while launching the GCA Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation.

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina urged the international partners to support Bangladesh's efforts to implement the National Adaptation Plan for 2023-2050 while launching the GCA Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation.

“Our government will extend all possible support to the Global Center on Adaptation and its newly launched global initiative on Locally Led Adaptation," Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said, while launching the launching the Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation. "We are pleased to have this as yet another offering from Bangladesh for the climate-vulnerable peoples around the world.”

Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina opened the Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation to reinforce Bangladesh’s global leadership on LLA, building on the momentum generated during COP27.

On 11 December 2022, the government of Bangladesh and the Global Center on Adaptation will host the launching ceremony of the GCA Global Hub on Locally Led Adaptation at the Bangladesh Foreign Service Academy. 

The planning process in Mukuru to improve water management, roads and sanitation shows how locally led action can unlock the enormous potential and creativity of communities to develop and implement solutions, while catalyzing adaptation that is more effective, equitable and better targeted at local needs.

This Guide provides resources for locally-led, inclusive, multisectoral upgrading for climate resilience in urban informal settlements. It pays particular attention to context and its variation across cities and countries — the principles, guides and methods in this document must be translated to each unique context. It can help replicate the approaches and roles taken by institutions and people for comprehensive, transformative upgrading, based largely on the experience from the Mukuru Special Planning Area (SPA) in Nairobi, Kenya, but not the specific plans themselves. While the focus is on Africa, the lessons can be applied elsewhere as well.

Pune-based non-profit Swayam Shikshan Prayog was recognized for its efforts in helping women farmers in the Marathwada region adopt climate-resilient agricultural practices for over two decades in the Capacity and Knowledge category of the GCA Local Adaptation Champions Awards at the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27).

Swayam Shikshan Prayog, an NGO based in Maharashtra, India was awarded in the Capacity and Knowledge category of the GCA's Local Adaptation Championships Awards for its work in supporting women farmers to adopt more resilient and sustainable agricultural practices in Marathwada in Maharashtra, India.

Launched by GCA in 2022, the Local Adaptation Champions Awards spotlight and reward innovative, exemplary, inspiring, and scalable locally led efforts that address the impacts of climate change and build effective climate resilience.

A Kenyan organization emerged among winners of the Local Adaptation Champions Awards. Adaptation Consortium, led by Victor Orindi, was awarded for its efforts in bringing together people with a shared vision of empowering the community in responding and adapting to climate change challenges.

Launched by GCA in 2022, the Local Adaptation Champions Awards spotlight and reward innovative, exemplary, inspiring, and scalable locally led efforts that address the impacts of climate change and build effective climate resilience among the most vulnerable communities, sections of society, and individuals who are at the frontlines of the greatest existential threat faced by humankind.

This training opportunity offered 12 multimedia journalists a chance to deepen their understanding of the impacts of climate change on the lives of people, and why local leadership is key to developing responses. It helped them learn how to report these stories in ways that are impactful. The training included presentations from Prof. Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) and P. Sainath, Founding Editor of the People’s Archive of Rural India.

The Maharashtra-based organization, Swayam Shikshan Prayog, is among four winners of the Local Adaptation Champions Awards recognized for their work in leading climate change adaptation for vulnerable local communities.

ग्लोबल सेंटर फॉर अॅडॉप्टेशन यूके बेस ऑर्गनायझेशन ने स्वयं शिक्षण प्रयोग संस्थेस क्षमता आणि ज्ञान श्रेणी Cop 27 चा दिनांक 12 नोव्हेंबर 2022 रोजी शर्म अल शेख, इजिप्त येथे पुरस्कार देण्यात आला आहे .हा पुरस्कार SPARC च्या श्रीमती शीला पटेल यांच्या कडून मिळाला आहे.या कार्यक्रमात नेपाळ, बांगला देश आणि केनिया देशाचे पर्यावरण, वन आणि हवामान मंत्र्यांच्या उपस्थितीत हा पुरस्कार देण्यात आहे.

This guide showcases 13 investment-ready delivery mechanisms from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific and offers insights on how funders and implementing entities can scale up investment for LLA.

Community-led initiatives for climate change adaptation recognized at COP27. The four winners of the Local Adaptation Champions Awards, organized by the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), were announced today at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt.

CIKYCAKY - Globálne centrum pre adaptáciu (GCA) uznalo štyri organizácie vedené komunitou za priekopníkov v oblasti adaptácie na zmenu klímy pre zraniteľné miestne komunity.

Viacerí hodnostári sa zúčastnili včerajšieho podujatia na klimatickom summite COP27 v Egypte a uznali dôležitosť uznania.

As talks continued at the 27th Conference of the Parties (COP@&), there was a day of protests on Saturday outside of the UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh.

Stories of Resilience: Lessons from Local Adaptation Practice, published by the GCA in collaboration with Independent University, Bangladesh and the International Institute for Climate Change and Development, was launched on 14 November 2022 during COP 27 at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

In a pilot project in the wake of the 1993 Latur earthquake, over a thousand women took the lead as facilitators between the government and their communities for rehabilitation work. Nearly 30 years later, this model, of organizing women for a community effort, has proved itself through earthquakes, tsunamis, cyclones, droughts, and, most recently, a pandemic.

The stories in this compilation, based on the sessions of the 2022 Gobeshona Conference on Locally Led Adaptation, are an important basis for us to understand the difference between local action and locally led action, and to identify effective ways of supporting local leadership.